The Son of God has come to sow (Hymn 945)

Verse 1: The Son of God has come to sow Himself, the seed of life, in man, That thru Himself God's Kingdom grow And thus fulfill th' eternal plan. Verse 2: He was the only grain of wheat Whence many grains have been produced To be the Kingdom's children meet, Thru whom God's reign is introduced. Verse 3: But Satan, enemy of God, Sowed many tares among the wheat, The Kingdom's children to confuse, And awful damage to create. Verse 4: ’Tis by this subtle work of his, The mixing of the tares with wheat, The Kingdom in appearance is Abnormal and grotesquely great. Verse 5: The Kingdom should as mustard be, A little herb, yet good for food, But it has changed into a "tree," A system of great magnitude. Verse 6: Instead of being good for food, A lodge of "birds" it has become: ’Tis now a place where evil men And evil spirits make their home. Verse 7: A great religion of the world Its outward form to us reveals. Including pagan, evil things, As leaven mingled with the meal. Verse 8: A system of the world as such, It thus has changed in outward form; By evil things which it imbibes, Corruption inwardly doth swarm. Verse 9: But something hidden God doth seek, As "pearl" and "treasure in the field"; As such the Lord would us transform That pearl and treasure be revealed. Verse 10: ’Tis hidden from vast Christendom And from the Kingdom's great facade, Yet in its full reality ’Tis transformed like to Christ and God. Verse 11: Lord, separate us from the "tares," And save us from the monstrous "tree"; From all the "leaven" purge us now That we may purely be of Thee. Verse 12: May Thou in life transform our souls That we as precious stones may be, Meet for Thy house to build and in Thy Kingdom's full reality.